Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-24
THE RED BANDANNA
WAVES PROUDLY To RALLY THE DBN0C-
RACY OF OHIO.
Allan G. Thurman in the Fisld-A Grand Meeting.
Hardin County POurs Out Her Thousands to
Welcome Him-A Speech Worthy Of
His PalmisSt Days.

addressed the Democracy of Hardin county
it has gone Democratic. To the old guard
of Hardin he is, therefore, regarded as
mascotte. They began to come In at day
light by the buggy-lOad, the wagon-load
and on horseback, and they brought their
wives and babies with them, making a
grand holiday. Not for years has Kenton
seen so many of the pioneers Of the county
within the precincts of the city.
The old and feeble, the rheumatic, the
halt, the lame and the blind poured in
from the back townships. Ten thousand
people were in the city ut two O'Clock this
afternoon. Aged and withered men, rest
ing on the arms OF sturdy sons, stopped to
inquire if Judge Thurman had arrived.
al have heard him speak for forty years, "
said one veteran, and want to hear him
once more, because believe ii Is the last
chance | will have" This was the sentI-
ment expressed by nearly all Of the old
men who turned out to-day to see
THEIR PATRON SAINT.
The working element OF the psTty-the
lively, active men and pOliticians-all paid
the old Roman reverence.
After few introductory remarks, stating
his pleasure in appearing once more before
the Democracy Of Hardin, county, MIR.
Thurman said:
And there was another reason that made
me come, and l believe it would have made
me come If | had to be brought here IN q
litter. / had seen in some Republican
newspapers with astonishment that Judge
Thurman had a crow to pick with Tom
Powell applause and that be would not
turn his hand To help elect Tom to be Gov
ernor of Ohio. Applause Well, now,
nv friends, have this to say: l have no
crow to pick with Tom. Powell. never had
a crow 10 pick with him. | never knew him
to do oanything that could properly charge
was dishonorable or mean. Applause
Not one. There is not in the whole length
and breadth OF this State one man, be he
old or he he young, who more ardently de-
sires to see him Governor OF Ohio than the
man who now speaks to you. Applause.
The first subject upon which wish to
say something to you to-day is the danger
OF sectionalism in this country; the danger
of the country being divided into parties
by geographical lines.
Nov the war ended after four terrible
years of struggle and strife, and, more
than the most sanguine hoped, we found
ourselves once more united people, with
every prospect of being more united, more
fraternal than ever our fathers had been
before us. if only the Government was ad-
ministered in the proper spirit.
But now what do we hear Ont OF ten
speeches from Republican orators, venture
TO say it is not TOO much to assert
that nine Of the ten are mainly
OCCUPIED IN DENUNCIAIONs
of what is called the Solid South. Every
art, every article OF rhetoric and speech
aud writing that can be employed TO eN-
cite the people of the North against the
people of the South Is employed TO day
from one end OF the North 10 the other.
And wis employed? Why SO? Why,
plainly TO any man vEG will think trr
moment, plainly that these men want TO
make a solid North that shall keep the
Republican office-holders in office for gen
Grafton after generation to couie. While
denounCing the South for being sOlIdly
Democratic, they are striving with all
their might, with all their power, to make
the North sohdly Republican, i'll order by
its means, il being the strongest section OF
the Union, to govern this country forever
aud forever, or at least rs long As they can
do 80 by the Use ii such means
"Now, say there never was anything
haf -
to have the South al OF Que party 1t Is
equally wrong to have the North OF one
PARTY. One is As much SeCtlOnalism as the
other. Every bit as much sectiOnalism.
And. therefore, when these men say that
IL IL a crime to see this solid South, they
condemn themselves, VINO are engaged day
ia and day out, night in and night out, in
creating and maintaining solid Repnbll-
can North. Applause. But, my friends,
what is this SIN OF the solid South about
which we hear so much, which aNakens
ghosts that disturb the sleep OF Governor
Foraker? Laughter Which even raises
goblins and hObgohlins dire, that shake the
GOODNESS OF even my steady friend, John
Sherman. Laughter
i'Sow, ] appeal to you, once for all, set
your faces against this SectlOnalIsm. II the
Republican leaders want TO put an end to
the solid South, they have the easiest way
iu the world to do it They can DO 1t in u
brief enough time, assure you. All they
have to do ia to cease to create and to seek
to perpetuate solid North, and
THE SOLID SOUTH WILL DISSOLVE.
"As have said to you before, nearly halt
the South was once opposed to the Demo
cratic party, and then half the North sup
ported the Democratic party. Now, when
they have got control Of almost every
Northern State, now, when there are Init
few Democratic States in the North, the
South. in selEderense, IS Z solid Democrat
ic unit. But let them take on tine weight
that they have imposed on the people OF
the North. let them cease their attempts to
rule, not merely the people of the South,
but TO rule the millions OF : Orthern Demo
Gratis, for it is not only on the people CT
he South alone they plant their heel,
OF would plant it, it Ia upon the
necks of the Democracy Of the North they
desire to plant their heel, too. Applause ]
7 ct them cease 10 do that. Let the coun-
try come SacS to what it WAS years ago,
and then you will have TO solid North and
no solid South, but each section, each
State for itself will Judge, as it did then,
whether to vote the Democratic ticket or
whether to vote tie Republican ticket
That they can put an end to Just when
they choose. But they don't want to put
an end To it. They want the solid South
in order to make that pTetext for having
a solid North, more powerful than the
solid South; and, by means Of that solid
Republican North, to rule, not only y the
south, but to rule every Democrat in the
Northern States, from one end Of these
States to the other | do not give them
credit. therefore, for sincerity when they
talk abous : solid South. do not give
them credit for patriotism SkeG
THEY ENDEAvOR To EXCITE
the people of the North again against the
people OF the South, by this cry, which is
only hasrd. / believe, for the purpose OF
making q solid North and perpetuating
the rule of the Republican party.
Now. If | were not so tired I would like